Category Archive for ‘EPLP’

Experience shows that privatising our railways is not the answer to increasing passenger numbers, warns Lucy Anderson. Comparisons between the different modes of transport are striking. According to the latest EU-wide figures, 72.3 per cent of passenger km were travelled by car, but only 6.6 per cent by train. Rail… read more →

Labour MEPs are calling on the UK government to stop blocking EU action to tackle the steel crisis. Among the measures British ministers are thwarting are reform of the EU’s trade defence measures, reforms that would enable more to be done to stop the dumping of steel by countries like… read more →

Conservative MEPs voted today against a report calling for the European Commission and national governments to take action to reduce inequalities – especially child poverty. Siôn Simon MEP, Labour’s European Parliament spokesperson on employment and social affairs, said: “Labour MEPs have always championed a better quality of life, especially for… read more →

Labour MEPs are calling on Europe’s interior ministers, meeting at an emergency summit in Brussels today, to urgently agree new measures to deliver security for EU citizens. Claude Moraes MEP, chair of the European Parliament civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee, who will attend the meeting, said: “It is… read more →

Labour MEPs have gained the support of Barclays and HSBC in the fight against tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance, with both banks telling a hearing in the European Parliament they supported the extension of public country-by-country reporting to all industries. If adopted, public country-by-country reporting would strengthen tax authorities’… read more →

Labour MEPs have welcomed comments from researchers, academics and scientists on how being a member of the European Union enables Britain’s universities to be world leaders. They have warned a UK exit from the EU would be “catastrophic” for universities and scientific research, would cost tens of millions of pounds… read more →

Labour MEPs have welcomed comments from researchers, academics and scientists on how being a member of the European Union enables Britain’s universities to be world leaders. They have warned a UK exit from the EU would be “catastrophic” for universities and scientific research, would cost tens of millions of pounds… read more →

Labour MEPs have welcomed new European Union guidelines on imports from Israeli settlements, which state Israeli producers must explicitly label farm goods and cosmetics that come from the settlements when they are sold in the EU. Richard Howitt MEP, Labour’s European Parliament spokesperson on foreign affairs and chair of the… read more →

Labour MEPs have reiterated their opposition to any form of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the proposed EU-US trade deal. Tomorrow, trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström will table the EU’s formal proposal to the US, which is scheduled to be discussed at the… read more →

Labour MEPs have said the European Union must stick to its principles on the justice, rights, freedom and security when it comes to assessing which countries are fit for admission. The Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiation, Johannes Hahn, presented the 2015 EU Enlargement Package to MEPs this… read more →